People of Mexico City
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Mexico City’s population includes immigrants from every corner of the country and from numerous overseas locations. Those who are born in the city, particularly those whose families have resided there for several generations, are collectively known as chilangos. Among chilangos, however, there exist deep socioeconomic and ethnic divisions. Mexican society remains conscious of raza (“race”), and discriminatory attitudes prevail, so that, by and large, people with indigenous ancestry—American Indians (Amerindians) and mestizos (mixed Indian and European)—inhabit the middle- and lower-class neighbourhoods while those who claim largely European ancestry (“whites” or criollos) inhabit the wealthier zones. |
Inhabitants of Mexico city |
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The “whiteness” of an individual remains a key element for social mobility and acceptance. While few will publicly acknowledge the existence of racial discrimination, criollos generally have the better-paying jobs and enjoy a higher standard of living than do the vast majority of the city’s inhabitants. |
Mexico city inhabitant. Britannica pic |
Practically every neighbourhood has a church, the older of which attest to the wealth and grandeur of the church in the Baroque and Neo-Classical periods. Aside from its overwhelming Roman Catholic majority, the city has a small Jewish community that is prominent in the city’s trades and professions. Protestant churches account for a small but growing proportion of Mexico City’s Christians; as in the rest of Latin America, Protestants have been rapidly gaining converts since the 1980s, particularly through evangelization in the poorer neighbourhoods.Britannica enciclopedia |
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